[Mlir-commits] [mlir] [mlir][tensor] Document `dest` operand (PR #71726)
Rik Huijzer
llvmlistbot at llvm.org
Fri Nov 10 11:19:13 PST 2023
https://github.com/rikhuijzer updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/71726
>From 3f34a440abef46c5c6280fdcdf0c29e05dda4565 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rik Huijzer <github at huijzer.xyz>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2023 20:10:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] [mlir][tensor] Document `dest` operand
---
.../mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td | 34 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td
index 1231c0a67bc305f..768edec27a755a6 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td
@@ -18,31 +18,33 @@ def Tensor_Dialect : Dialect {
let description = [{
The `tensor` dialect is intended to hold core tensor creation and
manipulation ops, which are not strongly associated with any particular
- other dialect or domain abstraction. The primary smoke test of this is ops
- that make sense for any tensor element type.
-
- We leave it to other dialects to hold the vast swath of possible
- computations one might want to do on a tensor.
-
- The `tensor` type is (for better or for worse) used to represent all kinds
- of things, and supports an open-ended set of element types. Examples:
+ other dialect or domain abstraction. The primary inclusion criteria for ops
+ in this dialect is that they make sense for any tensor element type. When
+ this is not the case, the op is left to live in other dialects. Examples of
+ element types that could be supported by the `tensor` dialect include:
- representing large, dense aggregations of primitive types, suitable for
high-performance numerical computing.
- - representing shapes in the `shape` dialect, which consist of small
- 1D tensors of `index` data type.
+ - representing shapes in the `shape` dialect, which consist of small 1D
+ tensors of `index` data type.
- representing aggregations of strings or “variant” types.
- - representing large, sparse aggregations of primitive types, suitable
- for high-performance numerical computing.
+ - representing large, sparse aggregations of primitive types, suitable for
+ high-performance numerical computing.
- Thus, for the `tensor` dialect, we prefer for now to constrain the
- scope as much as possible. The expectation is that at some point
+ Because of this broad element type support, we prefer for now to keep the
+ `tensor` dialect as small as possible. The expectation is that at some point
in the future, the `tensor` dialect’s scope may be broadened through a
careful discussion of the tradeoffs.
- The `tensor` type is actually a builtin type (it lives in the builtin
- dialect), and does not live in this dialect.
+ One exception to the above is the `tensor` type itself, which is actually a
+ builtin type (it lives in the builtin dialect), and does not live in this
+ dialect.
+ Finally, many ops in the the dialect use the `dest` operand. This is an
+ operand that is used to encode information for bufferization via the
+ `DestinationStyleOpInterface`, see the [Destination Passing Style](
+ https://mlir.llvm.org/docs/Bufferization/#destination-passing-style)
+ documentation for more information.
}];
let hasCanonicalizer = 1;
>From a72c2b5b5a2d0bad4203e4085255c95829dee7dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rik Huijzer <github at huijzer.xyz>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 17:08:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Try to implement suggestion
---
mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td | 15 +++++++--------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td
index 768edec27a755a6..9d5c7cdaea0465a 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td
@@ -36,15 +36,14 @@ def Tensor_Dialect : Dialect {
in the future, the `tensor` dialect’s scope may be broadened through a
careful discussion of the tradeoffs.
- One exception to the above is the `tensor` type itself, which is actually a
- builtin type (it lives in the builtin dialect), and does not live in this
- dialect.
-
- Finally, many ops in the the dialect use the `dest` operand. This is an
- operand that is used to encode information for bufferization via the
- `DestinationStyleOpInterface`, see the [Destination Passing Style](
+ On the `tensor` type itself, note that it is actually a builtin type (it
+ lives in the builtin dialect), and does not live in this dialect. Furthermore,
+ a `tensor` is an immutable object. For example, this means that the `dest`
+ operand used by some ops in this dialect does not mean that the `tensor` is
+ mutated in place, but rather that the operand can be used as bufferization
+ hint. For more information, see the [Destination Passing Style](
https://mlir.llvm.org/docs/Bufferization/#destination-passing-style)
- documentation for more information.
+ documentation.
}];
let hasCanonicalizer = 1;
>From ad615d1362a13d70ad4216c4e10d2056c04cf292 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rik Huijzer <github at huijzer.xyz>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 20:07:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Emphasize elem supp less and remove bufferization
Co-authored-by: Matthias Springer <me at m-sp.org>
Co-authored-by: Mehdi Amini <joker.eph at gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Felix Schneider <fx.schn at gmail.com>
---
.../mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td | 30 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td
index 9d5c7cdaea0465a..44c003fc901dd1b 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ def Tensor_Dialect : Dialect {
let description = [{
The `tensor` dialect is intended to hold core tensor creation and
manipulation ops, which are not strongly associated with any particular
- other dialect or domain abstraction. The primary inclusion criteria for ops
- in this dialect is that they make sense for any tensor element type. When
- this is not the case, the op is left to live in other dialects. Examples of
- element types that could be supported by the `tensor` dialect include:
+ other dialect or domain abstraction. The aim for ops in this dialect is
+ that they make sense for any tensor element type. When this is not the
+ case, the op is left to live in other dialects. Examples of element types
+ that could be supported by the `tensor` dialect include:
- representing large, dense aggregations of primitive types, suitable for
high-performance numerical computing.
@@ -31,19 +31,21 @@ def Tensor_Dialect : Dialect {
- representing large, sparse aggregations of primitive types, suitable for
high-performance numerical computing.
- Because of this broad element type support, we prefer for now to keep the
- `tensor` dialect as small as possible. The expectation is that at some point
- in the future, the `tensor` dialect’s scope may be broadened through a
- careful discussion of the tradeoffs.
+ Because of this broad element type support and because of the existence of
+ more dedicated dialects, such as the `sparse_tensor` and `linalg` dialects,
+ we prefer for now to keep the `tensor` dialect as small as possible. The
+ expectation is that at some point in the future, the `tensor` dialect’s
+ scope may be broadened through a careful discussion of the tradeoffs.
On the `tensor` type itself, note that it is actually a builtin type (it
- lives in the builtin dialect), and does not live in this dialect. Furthermore,
- a `tensor` is an immutable object. For example, this means that the `dest`
- operand used by some ops in this dialect does not mean that the `tensor` is
- mutated in place, but rather that the operand can be used as bufferization
- hint. For more information, see the [Destination Passing Style](
+ lives in the builtin dialect), and does not live in this dialect.
+ Furthermore, a `tensor` is an immutable object. For example, this means
+ that a copy will always be made of the `tensor` object when it is passed to
+ the `dest` operand of used by some ops in this dialect. Note that the
+ underlying storage to which the `tensor` object refers may be mutated, see
+ see the [Destination-Passing Style](
https://mlir.llvm.org/docs/Bufferization/#destination-passing-style)
- documentation.
+ documentation for more information.
}];
let hasCanonicalizer = 1;
>From 424a9f33bd8cecd76d9929f0199e7b728898984b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rik Huijzer <github at huijzer.xyz>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 20:18:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Small rewrite
---
mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td
index 44c003fc901dd1b..edc4502f966797d 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/TensorBase.td
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ def Tensor_Dialect : Dialect {
lives in the builtin dialect), and does not live in this dialect.
Furthermore, a `tensor` is an immutable object. For example, this means
that a copy will always be made of the `tensor` object when it is passed to
- the `dest` operand of used by some ops in this dialect. Note that the
- underlying storage to which the `tensor` object refers may be mutated, see
- see the [Destination-Passing Style](
+ the `dest` operand used by some ops in this dialect. The storage to which
+ the `tensor` object refers may be mutated, see the [Destination-Passing
+ Style](
https://mlir.llvm.org/docs/Bufferization/#destination-passing-style)
documentation for more information.
}];
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